Swimming in the Rain

   I went swimming in the rain yesterday. 

 

   The hardest part about swimming in the rain is getting into the pool.  The second hardest part is getting out.  The actual swimming part is actually quite pleasant, and not that different from swimming when it is not raining. 

 

   You can’t get any more wet.

   Baptism is like that. 

 

   Martin Luther, the 16^th century church reformer wrote in his Small Catechism that the significance of baptism is that the old person in us with all sins and evil desires is to be drowned and die through daily sorrow for sin (note: sin separates us from God) and through repentance (note: changing one’s mind), and on the other hand that daily a new person is to come forth and rise up to live before God in righteousness and purity (note: both are gifts from God) forever.  Romans 6:4

   Accepting the gift is the hardest part. 

 

   Failing to live into our Baptism is easy, but it’s also hard on us.  Actually living Baptismly wet is a gift from God. 

 

   It is the life that starts its eternity now, in all its imperfection, when we are baptized and is brought by God to perfection in the life to come.

   Would you like to consider Baptism?  Come to our 10:00 a.m. worship service tomorrow and see what one is like.  Click http://www.faithsd.net/#/contact-us/directions-map for directions.  Go to http://www.faithsd.net/#/worship/baptism-holy-communion to learn more about Holy Baptism.  

   Then PM me or call me at 909 599-3978 to discuss it.